Chapter 1285： News from Palembang (1/2)
Chapter 1285: News From Palembang
”Charlie, are you saying that the Pontianak coal we were going to transport now has to wait a week outside the port? This will make it bankrupt.” Mr. Pierre, the owner of the Southeast Asia United Business Corporation, yelled at the phone in hand. Tao. ”Please, are you not British? The Japanese are occupying Pontianak now. Can you find a way? This batch of goods must be sold quickly.”
”What? You have a way to deal with it without going to Pontianak? God, you are my savior!” Mr. Pierre's tone changed. From the previous anger, it immediately became to please.
”If this sale can be made, I will give you an agency fee of $1,000.”
”What? You want the pound? Please, look at the current economic situation in the UK. The exchange rate of the pound has been falling further. Should you use the US dollar? This era is the strongest and most valuable.”
”What? You want 2,000 dollars? No, absolutely not. Then I might as well give you 1,000 pounds, up to 1,500 dollars! Okay, that's it. After my goods are processed, I will pay immediately!” When the other person answered, he hung up the phone in his hand.
At the moment when the phone was hung up, the Dutch businessman immediately removed the disguise of the businessman. After closing the doors and windows, he took out a document from the locked safe, and then took out a vial with him, using a cotton ball carefully. Dip some of the liquid in the bottle and apply it on the document.
After the Japanese seized parts of the Dutch East Indies and lost the Borneo oil field shares and the plantation in Machen, the Dutch businessman hated Britain and Japan in his heart, so there was no need to think about it. In the United States After intelligence agents promised to provide commercial loans for his company, he became a spy serving the United States. And now, hatred and reward make Pierre very motivated!
As an old ground snake who has been in the Dutch East India for at least 20 years, the Southeast Asia United Business Corporation has extended its tentacles to the planting industry, mining industry, industry and even the shipping industry, although he lost more than half because of the Japanese invasion. His assets, but various contacts still allow him to get a lot of information.
Judging from the information gathered so far, even from the perspective of the Pierre merchant, it is very abnormal! A large amount of materials began to concentrate in Pontianak Port. Petroleum produced in Borneo, tin mines produced in Malaya Peninsula, and raw rubber produced in various plantations have all been transported to this port, and the demand for coal here has greatly increased, even if it is produced in Sumatra. The coal mine is not a good matchmaker. But it was still bought by the Japanese without hesitation.
Pierre knew very well that he finally thought about it. The coal ships are sent directly to Pontianak Port, and then the coal is directly distributed to the transport fleet in the port. ”8000 tons of coal! I know that there are 8000 tons of coal alone, so within these 10 days, the coal throughput here may reach 15,000 tons. This is definitely a very large fleet!” Pierre thought Said. He thinks it is necessary for him to remind himself that he is online, another wave of transport ships is ready to set off! ”It's best to wait for Pontianak personnel to report before making a decision.”
At this time, intelligence personnel near Pontianak can obtain more detailed information at close range, such as the size of the fleet, the type of cargo transported, and the speed. Here, an American working for the Southeast Asia United Business Corporation quickly identified a cargo ship that once belonged to this company.
”Our Java was unexpectedly broken. This guy's maximum speed was around 14 knots. I can guarantee that it will not exceed 12 knots now!” This employee pointed to his colleague at a ship's side in the distance. Said the transport ship full of barnacles.